Research Catalog

Title

Berry and Kohn's operating room technique / Nancymarie Phillips.

Author

Phillips, Nancymarie Fortunato.

Publication

St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Mosby, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

Berry, Edna Cornelia.

Description

xvi, 1024 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm

Alternative Title

Operating room technique

Subjects

• Operating Room Technicians
• Perioperative Care > methods
• Operating room nursing
• Operating Room Nursing

Note

• Previous ed.: St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, 2004.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. 1. Fundamentals of theory and practice -- 1. Perioperative education -- 2. Foundations of perioperative patient care standards -- 3. Legal, regulatory, and ethical issues -- Sect. 2. The perioperative patient care team -- 4. The perioperative patient care team and professional credentialing -- 5. The surgical first assistant -- 6. Administration of perioperative patient care services -- Sect. 3. The patient as a unique individual -- 7. The patient : the reason for your existence -- 8. Perioperative pediatrics -- 9. Perioperative geriatrics -- Sect. 4. The perioperative environment -- 10. Physical facilities -- 11. Ambulatory surgery centers and alternative surgical locations -- 12. Care of the perioperative environment -- 13. Potential sources of injury to the caregiver and the patient -- Sect. 5. Surgical asepsis and sterile technique -- 14. Microbiologic considerations -- 15. Principles of asepsis and sterile technique -- 16. Appropriate attire, surgical hand cleansing, gowning and gloving -- 17. Decontamination and disinfection -- 18. Sterilization -- Sect. 6. Surgical instrumentation and equipment -- 19. Surgical instrumentation -- 20. Specialized surgical equipment -- Sect. 7. Preoperative patient care -- 21. Preoperative preparation of the patient -- 22. Diagnostic procedures and oncologic considerations -- Sect. 8. Pharmacology and anesthesia -- 23. Surgical pharmacology -- 24. Anesthesia : techniques and agents -- Sect. 9. Intraoperative patient care -- 25. Coordinated roles of the scrub person and the circulating nurse -- 26. Positioning, prepping, and draping the patient -- 27. Physiologic maintenance and monitoring of the perioperative patient -- Sect. 10. Surgical site management -- 28. Hemostasis, implants, and wound closure -- 29. Wound healing -- Sect. 11. Perianesthesia and postprocedural patient care -- 30. Postoperative patient care -- 31. Potential perioperative complications -- Sect. 12. Surgical specialities -- 32. Endoscopy and robotic-assisted surgery -- 33. General surgery -- 34. Gynecologic and obstetric surgery -- 35. Urologic surgery -- 36. Orthopedic surgery -- 37. Neurosurgery of the brain and peripheral nerves -- 38. Spinal surgery -- 39. Ophthalmic surgery -- 40. Plastic and reconstructive surgery -- 41. Otorhinolaryngologic and head and neck surgery -- 42. Thoracic surgery -- 43. Cardiac surgery -- 44. Vascular surgery -- 45. Organ procurement and transplantation.

ISBN

• 9780323044837 (hbk.)
• 0323044832 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 145014725
• ocn145014725
• SCSB-5337886

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries